1 Kings 3:23-25

Revised Geneva Translation

²³ Then the king said, “She says, ‘This who lives is my son, and the dead is your son.’ And the other says, ‘No, but the dead is your son, and the living is my son.’”

²⁴ Then the king said, “Bring me a sword.” And they brought out a sword before the king.

²⁵ And the king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give one half to one, and the other half to the other.”